Son of Andrew & Mary Fergus Hart
Excerpt from the book The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861 1865 by Samuel Clarke Farrar, published 1911; pages 122-123:
SKIRMISH AT CLEAR SPRING.
On July 10th, General Kelley moved his camp some five miles to Indian Spring, Maryland, on the west side of the mountain. Lieutenant James P. Hart, in command of Company A, was ordered out with his company of forty men to make a reconnaissance. Hart proceeded to the foot of the mountain, where directly in front was quite a long stretch of straight road skirting the base of a low ridge. This immediate neighborhood had not been overrun by the armies, and the excellent fences were still intact. Some distance down the road was a squad of Confederate cavalry, who, when they saw our force, scampered away, passing out of sight around the edge of the ridge. In an orchard some distance ahead on the rising ground to the left of the road in our front, some others were seen moving about; this aroused Lieutenant Hart's suspicion, so instead of charging after the flying cavalrymen, he halted his command and sent Sergeant Wickerman with David Hart, John Myers and Chauncey Deever to throw down the fence on the left and pass on through a cornfield and over the rising ground to reconnoiter. Wickerman and his men had proceeded some distance when they saw a dismounted "Johnnie " running across a field. Sergeant Hart, who was in advance, immediately gave chase and directly came on a force of Rebel cavalry concealed in the orchard. The fore-.most Confederate raised his double-barreled shotgun to shoot, when Hart snapped his revolver twice at him, but it failed to discharge; the man then fired both barrels loaded with buckshot at Hart, wounding him severely, but not unhorsing him. The Rebels then charged upon our squad, who made a dash to get back to Lieutenant Hart and the command on the pike. John Myers' horse was shot dead while jumping a fence, and C. R. Deever was thrown from his horse. Myers was captured. Sergeant David Hart was shot in three places, one ball passing through his left lung, and the other two entering his abdomen. Badly as he was wounded, he clung to his horse, which jumped a four-bar fence and brought his master through to the command, where the comrades lifted him off, when he became unconscious.*
*Sergeant David Hart was thought to be mortally wounded and was left at a house in the neighborhood. He survived, returned to his command and served until the close of the war.
BIO: Find A Grave contributor PRB
Excerpt from the book The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861 1865 by Samuel Clarke Farrar, published 1911; pages 122-123:
SKIRMISH AT CLEAR SPRING.
On July 10th, General Kelley moved his camp some five miles to Indian Spring, Maryland, on the west side of the mountain. Lieutenant James P. Hart, in command of Company A, was ordered out with his company of forty men to make a reconnaissance. Hart proceeded to the foot of the mountain, where directly in front was quite a long stretch of straight road skirting the base of a low ridge. This immediate neighborhood had not been overrun by the armies, and the excellent fences were still intact. Some distance down the road was a squad of Confederate cavalry, who, when they saw our force, scampered away, passing out of sight around the edge of the ridge. In an orchard some distance ahead on the rising ground to the left of the road in our front, some others were seen moving about; this aroused Lieutenant Hart's suspicion, so instead of charging after the flying cavalrymen, he halted his command and sent Sergeant Wickerman with David Hart, John Myers and Chauncey Deever to throw down the fence on the left and pass on through a cornfield and over the rising ground to reconnoiter. Wickerman and his men had proceeded some distance when they saw a dismounted "Johnnie " running across a field. Sergeant Hart, who was in advance, immediately gave chase and directly came on a force of Rebel cavalry concealed in the orchard. The fore-.most Confederate raised his double-barreled shotgun to shoot, when Hart snapped his revolver twice at him, but it failed to discharge; the man then fired both barrels loaded with buckshot at Hart, wounding him severely, but not unhorsing him. The Rebels then charged upon our squad, who made a dash to get back to Lieutenant Hart and the command on the pike. John Myers' horse was shot dead while jumping a fence, and C. R. Deever was thrown from his horse. Myers was captured. Sergeant David Hart was shot in three places, one ball passing through his left lung, and the other two entering his abdomen. Badly as he was wounded, he clung to his horse, which jumped a four-bar fence and brought his master through to the command, where the comrades lifted him off, when he became unconscious.*
*Sergeant David Hart was thought to be mortally wounded and was left at a house in the neighborhood. He survived, returned to his command and served until the close of the war.
BIO: Find A Grave contributor PRB
Son of Andrew & Mary Fergus Hart
Excerpt from the book The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861 1865 by Samuel Clarke Farrar, published 1911; pages 122-123:
SKIRMISH AT CLEAR SPRING.
On July 10th, General Kelley moved his camp some five miles to Indian Spring, Maryland, on the west side of the mountain. Lieutenant James P. Hart, in command of Company A, was ordered out with his company of forty men to make a reconnaissance. Hart proceeded to the foot of the mountain, where directly in front was quite a long stretch of straight road skirting the base of a low ridge. This immediate neighborhood had not been overrun by the armies, and the excellent fences were still intact. Some distance down the road was a squad of Confederate cavalry, who, when they saw our force, scampered away, passing out of sight around the edge of the ridge. In an orchard some distance ahead on the rising ground to the left of the road in our front, some others were seen moving about; this aroused Lieutenant Hart's suspicion, so instead of charging after the flying cavalrymen, he halted his command and sent Sergeant Wickerman with David Hart, John Myers and Chauncey Deever to throw down the fence on the left and pass on through a cornfield and over the rising ground to reconnoiter. Wickerman and his men had proceeded some distance when they saw a dismounted "Johnnie " running across a field. Sergeant Hart, who was in advance, immediately gave chase and directly came on a force of Rebel cavalry concealed in the orchard. The fore-.most Confederate raised his double-barreled shotgun to shoot, when Hart snapped his revolver twice at him, but it failed to discharge; the man then fired both barrels loaded with buckshot at Hart, wounding him severely, but not unhorsing him. The Rebels then charged upon our squad, who made a dash to get back to Lieutenant Hart and the command on the pike. John Myers' horse was shot dead while jumping a fence, and C. R. Deever was thrown from his horse. Myers was captured. Sergeant David Hart was shot in three places, one ball passing through his left lung, and the other two entering his abdomen. Badly as he was wounded, he clung to his horse, which jumped a four-bar fence and brought his master through to the command, where the comrades lifted him off, when he became unconscious.*
*Sergeant David Hart was thought to be mortally wounded and was left at a house in the neighborhood. He survived, returned to his command and served until the close of the war.
BIO: Find A Grave contributor PRB
Excerpt from the book The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861 1865 by Samuel Clarke Farrar, published 1911; pages 122-123:
SKIRMISH AT CLEAR SPRING.
On July 10th, General Kelley moved his camp some five miles to Indian Spring, Maryland, on the west side of the mountain. Lieutenant James P. Hart, in command of Company A, was ordered out with his company of forty men to make a reconnaissance. Hart proceeded to the foot of the mountain, where directly in front was quite a long stretch of straight road skirting the base of a low ridge. This immediate neighborhood had not been overrun by the armies, and the excellent fences were still intact. Some distance down the road was a squad of Confederate cavalry, who, when they saw our force, scampered away, passing out of sight around the edge of the ridge. In an orchard some distance ahead on the rising ground to the left of the road in our front, some others were seen moving about; this aroused Lieutenant Hart's suspicion, so instead of charging after the flying cavalrymen, he halted his command and sent Sergeant Wickerman with David Hart, John Myers and Chauncey Deever to throw down the fence on the left and pass on through a cornfield and over the rising ground to reconnoiter. Wickerman and his men had proceeded some distance when they saw a dismounted "Johnnie " running across a field. Sergeant Hart, who was in advance, immediately gave chase and directly came on a force of Rebel cavalry concealed in the orchard. The fore-.most Confederate raised his double-barreled shotgun to shoot, when Hart snapped his revolver twice at him, but it failed to discharge; the man then fired both barrels loaded with buckshot at Hart, wounding him severely, but not unhorsing him. The Rebels then charged upon our squad, who made a dash to get back to Lieutenant Hart and the command on the pike. John Myers' horse was shot dead while jumping a fence, and C. R. Deever was thrown from his horse. Myers was captured. Sergeant David Hart was shot in three places, one ball passing through his left lung, and the other two entering his abdomen. Badly as he was wounded, he clung to his horse, which jumped a four-bar fence and brought his master through to the command, where the comrades lifted him off, when he became unconscious.*
*Sergeant David Hart was thought to be mortally wounded and was left at a house in the neighborhood. He survived, returned to his command and served until the close of the war.
BIO: Find A Grave contributor PRB
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